ZsCompare is a cross platform comparison and synchronization utility from Zizasoft. ZsCompare runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

ZsCompare has been designed to allow you to simply and easily compare and synchronize directories and the files within them, the content of files, and snippets of text which can come from virtually any source.

You can run comparisons on local directories, networked computers, or remove-able media such as CDs, DVDs, and flash drives. With all comparisons, you can customize the settings used to run the comparison to your own needs in order to fine-tune the results to meet your demands.

The Professional Edition contains all of the features in the Standard edition, plus it adds support for comparing the text of Microsoft Word Documents and PDF files.

zsCompare Professional Edition also allows you to patch changed folders in addition to changed files.

The Professional Edition also lets you create and run scripts which allows you to automate the complete functionality of zsCompare.

Here are some key features of "zsCompare Professional Edition":

￭ Compare local directories or networked directories

￭ Bookmark commonly used directories using Favorites

￭ Compare by file size

￭ Compare by last modification date and or creation date with the ability to set tolerances and adjust for daylight savings

￭ Compare by file attributes (read only, hidden)

￭ Compare by Checksum including the ability to only do Checksum comparison if file sizes are the same. Two types of checksums calculations are available the CRC32 method and the Adler32 method.

￭ Compare with fast binary comparison

￭ Optionally ignore the case of filenames when comparing files and folders

￭ Optionally ignore hidden and system files when comparing files and folders

￭ Create and compare snapshots of the file system.

￭ Create and apply patch files for files. Patch files allow you to store the differences between two files and recreate a file from the original file and the changed file.

￭ Results are displayed in a hierarchical view which mirrors the structure of your hard drive.

￭ Modify filenames, timestamps, and attributes directly from the results.

￭ Sort results according to name, file size, time stamp, or checksum.

￭ Expand and collapse sub-folders

￭ Easily compare file contents after completing a folder comparison

￭ Synchronize all files and folders or selected files and folders in either direction

￭ The Advanced Synchronization Option for synchronizing directories allows fine-grained control over the synchronization process.

￭ Copy all files and folders or selected files and folders in either direction

￭ Permanently delete files and folders without leaving zsCompare

￭ Open files with the associated editor from zsCompare

￭ Delete files permanently, or delete to a backup folder

￭ Filter results according to the relative timestamps of the files.

￭ Side by side comparison of text files

￭ Compare text from Microsoft Word Documents and PDF Files.

￭ Compare files by line, by word, or by character

￭ Compare files where the order of lines is not important

￭ Compare files where the order of lines is fixed

￭ Ignore changes in case

￭ Ignore changes in white-space (spaces and tabs)

￭ Optionally compare line breaks within a file.

￭ Break lines after a specified number of characters or after a regular expression

￭ View a selected line with differences under the results pane making it easier to determine the differences between long lines of text. You can view both lines as they are shown in the results table and/or the lines combined to show additions and deletions.

￭ Directly edit the contents of a file (Standard and Professional Editions only).

￭ Synchronize entire files, sections of files, or individual lines in either direction

￭ Copy entire files, sections of files, or individual lines in either direction

￭ Delete entire files, sections of files, or individual lines from either side

￭ Easily compare sections of a file that have been moved using freeform text comparison

￭ Display results in binary format to more easily compare binary files

￭ Results are color coded and the colors can be customized

￭ Difference Navigator to view results at a glance and easily move between differences

￭ Filter results to show items that have changed, items that have been added, items that have been deleted, and/or items that are unchanged.

￭ Save commonly used comparisons with sessions

￭ Save results for historical or reporting purposes

￭ Search within results to find specific files or lines of text

￭ Use your standard system dialog to select files and folders, or use our custom dialog which lets you browse within zip files

￭ Optionally show a warning prompt before a newer file is overwritten by an older file.

￭ Optionally show a warning prompt before a file is permanently deleted.

Limitations:

￭ 30 days trial